Proceedings of the Fifth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics CLiC-it 2018

On behalf of the Program Committee, a very warm welcome to the Fifth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-­‐it 2018). This edition of the conference is held in Torino. The conference is locally organised by the University of Torino and hosted into its prestigious main lecture hall “Cavallerizza Reale”. The CLiC-­‐it conference series is an initiative of the Italian Association for Computational Linguistics (AILC) which, after five years of activity, has clearly established itself as the premier national forum for research and development in the fields of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing, where leading researchers and practitioners from academia and industry meet to share their research results, experiences, and challenges

Determinazione delle fibre di carbonio pre-impregnate con resine di vario tipo attraverso monitoraggio ambientale e loro misura nel condensato dell'aria esalata per la valutazione del rischio dei lavoratori esposti.

Le fibre di carbonio sono fibre organiche artificiali costituite da polimeri di carbonio strutturati in forma grafitica, generalmente rinforzate con resine epossidiche o di altro tipo per la realizzazione di materiali compositi. L’obiettivo della ricerca è stato studiare mediante monitoraggio ambientale e biologico l’esposizione occupazionale a fibre di carbonio pre-impregnate con resine di vario tipo nei lavoratori di un impianto di produzione di componenti di aeromobili, per la valutazione del rischio

Applicability of the Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire for Screening Contact Dermatological Disorders in Sea Fishers.

This survey aimed to evaluate the applicability of the Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ) as a preliminary screening tool to investigate the presence of contact dermatological disorders in sea fishermen. The Italian version of the NOSQ was administered to 143 male fishermen working at an Apulia (Southern Italy) Fisheries, and 136 male workers who had never worked as sea fishers (controls). A significantly higher rate of frequency of transient itchy wheals on the hands, wrists, and forearms was recorded in the fishermen as compared to the controls (49.6% vs. 8.1%; p < 0.001), while there was no significant difference in the frequency of eczema (8.4% vs. 6.6%). In 46.1% of the fishermen, the onset of transient itchy wheals was associated with contact with specific agents and the most common causes were algae and aquatic plants (49.3%) and seabed sludge (25.3%). In conclusion, the administration of the NOSQ can be useful in preliminary screening for dermatitis in fishermen, although it could show a possible overestimation of the prevalence of transient itchy wheals

Risk due to exposure to metallic elements in a birdshot factory

The contribution of biological and environmental monitoring to the risk assessment of occupational exposure to lead (Pb), arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) was studied in 18 workers at a birdshot factory (Exposed) and in 18 control workers (Controls), by the determination both of airborne Pb (PbA) and As (AsA) only in the exposed workers, and blood Pb (PbB), erythrocytic zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP), urinary Sb (SbU) and the urinary As species in exposed workers and controls. PbA (12-42 μg/m(3)) and AsA (1-4 μg/m(3)) were strongly correlated (r = 0.95). PbB, ZPP and the sum of As(3)+As(5)+MMA were significantly higher in the exposed workers. As (3) was higher than the limit of detection in 14 exposed workers and 1 control, As (5) only in 1 exposed worker, SbU in all the exposed workers and in 4 controls. Monitoring for more metallic elements reveals a wider spectrum of exposures than can be achieved by lead surveillance alone and is preferable for characterizing occupational risk wherever possible

Conmemoración por el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales

Se presentará la investigación “La brecha digital de género en América Latina y el Caribe - Una perspectiva sobre la ruralidad”, realizada por un equipo de la Universidad de Oxford, con apoyo del IICA, BID y FIDA